Sumerian Civilization
The scattering of people over the earth is called _______.
dispersion
What was God's promise to Abraham?
name would be great, father of a great nation
Making the laws known
promulgation
Name the Patriarchs
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
What was the greatest accomplishment of the Sumerians?
Writing
_________ left Ur around 2000 B.C. to begin a new nation.
Abraham
What is the difference between polytheist and a monotheist?
Many gods vs one God
Hammurabi received the right to give laws from the sun god ________.
Shamash
The chief god of the Canaanites
Baal
What does Tigris mean?
arrow
Explain the term Fertile Crescent.
ability to grow crops; shaped like crescent moon.
Why did the Sumerians strive to please their gods?
believed that the gods could bring good or bad things upon the city
An organized group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern.
Bureaucracy
The land to which God led Abraham was called ______.
Canaan
What was the greatest turning point in world history?
Christ's first coming
The system of dividing time is based on the numbering system of the __________.
Sumerians
Ziggurats
An _______ is ruled by one city or people over other cities or peoples.
empire
The Canaanites consisted of many peoples such as _____.
Amorites, Hittites, Kenites, Jebusites
What does B.C. after a date mean?
before the birth of Christ
___________ means "land between the rivers"
Mesopotamia
The god of the sky
Anu
__________ ruled Babylon and united all of Mesopotamia
Hammurabi
A valley in Israel that is the last battleground of world history.
Megiddo; Armageddon
What best describes the Sumerians and their religion?
Polytheists and humanists